Serbia - Kosovo Talks Collapse

Serbs Walk Out Of EU-Moderated Talks with Kosovo -- Voice of America

The Serbian delegation walked out of European Union-mediated talks with Kosovo in Belgium Wednesday due to heightened tension in the region.

EU diplomats say the Serbs were not ready to proceed after talks had been postponed Tuesday following a clash between NATO peacekeepers and ethnic Serbs at a Kosovo-Serbia border crossing. Four peacekeepers and 16 ethnic Serbs were hurt in the clashes.

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More News On An Increase In Unrest Between Kosovo And Serbia

Kosovo-Serbia talks off after renewed clashes -- BBC
Serbia-Kosovo Talks Called Off Over Renewed Border Clashes -- RTT News
Serbia-Kosovo talks break down after renewed clashes -- Deutsche Welle
Serbia-Kosovo talks collapse after clashes at the border -- European Voice
Kosovo-Serbia talks canceled amid violence -- UPI
Ethnic Serbs, NATO troops hurt in Kosovo clash -- Reuters
Kosovo-Serbia border clash leaves several hurt -- BBC
NATO peacekeepers, Serbs wounded in Kosovo -- AP
US condemns violence in Kosovo -- AFP

Tensions On The Kosovo - Serbia Border Continues

NATO Moves To Calm Kosovar-Serb Border Tensions -- Christian Science Monitor

NATO is sending hundreds of reinforcements to bolster its peacekeeping forces after border violence has flared between Kosovo and Serbia.

NATO is sending several hundred German and Austrian troops to Kosovo to buttress peacekeeping forces there after border violence left a Kosovar policeman dead and inflamed tensions with Serbia.

Fighting erupted after Kosovar special police units in armored cars – operating at night late last month – swept into two border control stations to assert a ban on Serb products. Now, European Union officials are calling for calm and NATO has reinforced its peacekeepers.

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More News On NATO Trying To Calm Border Violence Between Serbia And Kosovo

U.N. urged to step into Kosovo unrest -- UPI
Northern Kosovo: no resolution in sight -- SETimes
NATO demands extra soldiers for Kosovo -- AHNews
Nato sends more troops to Kosovo after border unrest -- BBC
NATO activates reserve force for Kosovo amid tension with Serbia -- Stars and Stripes
Kosovo's president favors dialogue -- UPI
Kosovo PM Stands By Trade Ban -- Eurasia Review
Kosovo Serbs facing food, medicine shortages: report -- AFP
Serbia warns of humanitarian woes in Kosovo -- IOL News
Interview: Kosovo's President Defends Decision To Control Northern Border -- Radio Free Europe
Kosovo Govt Adviser: Tension with Serbia Could Lead to War -- Novinite

NATO Tries To Defuse Tensions On Kosovo Border Posts

Nato Takes Over Kosovo Border Posts After Clashes -- BBC

Nato has deployed peacekeepers in the north of Kosovo after a border post with Serbia was burnt down and a Kosovo policeman killed.

Serbian nationalists in Kosovo attacked the post on Wednesday after Kosovo's government sent police to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia.

Border posts in the area, which rejects Kosovan independence from Serbia, had been staffed by ethnic Serb police.

Kosovo's government suspected them of turning a blind eye to banned imports.

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More News On Tensions In Kosovo On The Borders With Serbia

NATO Takes Control at Kosovo Borders -- New York Times
Serb Police, NATO Boost Forces After Kosovo Violence -- New York Times/Reuters
NATO peacekeepers can fire if attacked in Kosovo -- Stars and Stripes/AP
NATO Takes Control of Troubled Kosovo Border Posts -- Voice of America
Kosovo Firebombing Underscores New Ethnic Tensions -- New York Times
EU urges Serbia, Kosovo to defuse tensions -- CTV
Kosovo: UN mission voices deep concern at recent clashes in north -- UN News Centre
UN Council rejects Serbia calls for Kosovo meet -- AFP
New Violence in Kosovo Could Pose a Quandary for an Overstretched NATO -- Tony Karon, Time
Historical EU Error To Blame for Kosovo Strife -- Olaf Ihlau, Spiegel Online

Tensions Rise Between Serbia And Kosovo

Kosovo Serbs Set Fire to Border Post After Govt. Police Briefly Seize It -- Voice of America

A group of Kosovo Serbs has set fire to a border post in the country's north to protest the brief takeover of the site by special police units of the ethnic Albanian government.

Officials in neighboring Serbia and an Associated Press reporter said the minority Serb protesters torched the crossing on Wednesday. Earlier, Kosovo's special police withdrew from that crossing and a second border post after having seized control of them in an operation that began late Monday and continued on Tuesday.

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More News On Tensions On The Kosovo - Serbia Border

Ethnic Serbs set fire to Kosovo border post -- Reuters
Kosovo forces withdraw from Serb border posts -- Euronews
Kosovo tense after deadly clash on Serbian border -- BBC
Kosovo Premier Backs Border Seizure, Rejects EU Criticism -- Bloomberg
Kosovo PM backs deadly move into Serb-run north -- AP
Serb president calls for Kosovo violence to stop -- Reuters
Kosovo and Serbia battle over customs stamps -- Deutsche Welle
Kosovo, Serbia trouble sparks concern -- UPI

A Serbia - Kosovo Reconciliation?

EU: Kosovo-Serbia Talks Off To 'Positive Start' -- Radio Free Europe

The European Union today said that talks between Serbia and Kosovo are off to a positive start in Brussels, after the start of a two-day EU-brokered meeting between the parties.

In a statement, the EU called on both sides to set aside sovereignty issues and focus on a dialogue to "remove obstacles that have a daily impact on people's lives, to improve cooperation, and to achieve progress on the path to Europe."

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More News On Serbia - Kosovo Talks

Serbia, Kosovo tip-toe to reconciliation -- AFP
Kosovo-Serbia talks got off to "a positive start," EU says -- M&C
Serbia, Kosovo in 'historic' talks -- Al Jazeera
High hopes as Serbia and Kosovo meet to talk -- Sydney Morning Herald
Serbia and Kosovo hold talks -- Financial Times

My Comment: They still have a very long way to go before any form of reconciliation is possible .... but this is a start.